The Exorcist | | Cast : | Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair | | Director : | William Friedkin | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 26, 1973 | | DVD Released Date : | February 03, 2004 | | Language : | French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | August 11, 2005 | | Summary | Greatest horror movie ever made! | Content
 | No matter where you go and who you ask, this movie will always be mention as the most scariest movie ever. To achieve that status, this movie still scare people from different generations in forms of shock value and visual extremes, from the first theater showing to the DVD in DVD player.
The movie was made in the 70's, giving the old and classic look to this movie. Some scenes of the movie are shown in the day time, but the rest of the movie is dark and murky looking, with the fog and the coldness. The cast for the characters are great, especially Linda Blair, who was around 11 or 12 years old when she played the role of the demon possessed child Reagan. Her acting really excels in this performance, some might think her acting might be too extreme and vulgar for a young girl.
This version is different from the orignal theatrical release, some scenes are added. The most memorable and horrific scene added is the "spider walk" down the stairs. That scene is chilling and spooking, thinking how is that possible. Reagan do not even look human, which makes that scene terrorfying.
Overall the success of this movie is the reality of the story. This event is based on actual experiences, written as a novel, and later adapted to the movie. This is the most scariest movie ever and if you have never seen this movie, you have to because it will never go away. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 08, 2005 | | Summary | The Most Scariest Movie I've Ever Friggin Seen! And I Am Only 13! | Content
| Oh My God, It turned from my and my friends looking for a stupid scary movie to see on halloween, when my friend saw this and said, "Look at this, some three year old is the devil" Well we all started to laugh so then we said "oh let's just rent it" Turns out it was scarier than we thought. We went from "This movie is so stupid, i'm surprised it's not on disney now" To "OH MY GOD, DID HER HEAD JUST SPIN" My Friend threw the popcorn in the air when she started too talk in that deep voice and threw stuff at people without even touching it. If you are looking for a scary movie that you want to scare the silly out of you then forget friday the 13th, forget nightmare on elm street, forget halloween, and all of the other famous thrillers you have heard about and get this one, not only is it a must watch, but a must have! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 30, 2005 | | Summary | Excommunication ... | Content
| Basically, some archaeologists find a statue of the Babylonian demon called Pazuzu. The evil spirit of Pazuzu travels out into the world and decides, for some unexplained reason, to inhabit the body of a young girl named Regan. What winds up happening is a whirlwind of "scary" occurrences as Regan's mother (Ellen Burstyn) calls upon some priests to perform an exorcism on her daughter. Sound preposterous? This movie was actually based on a best-selling novel, which was Allegedly Based on True Events (just like "Amityville Horror" and "Mothman Prophecies" years later).
Now, I came of age in the late 1990s, the so-called "Blair Witch" era (which is still going on today), and by own personal standards this movie isn't all that shocking or scary. There are senses of anxiety, tension and anticipation hanging in the air as you watch it, but ... for those of you that were born AFTER 1980, don't buy into the whole "scariest movie of all time" thing. I don't exactly know what the scariest movie of all time actually is; I don't pretend to be an authority on the matter; the preceding was my own interpretation, mind you.
Just the same, the book and the movie were both huge hits. The movie wound up receiving ten Oscar nominations, though I don't think Ellen Burstyn warranted enough screen time to receive her citation for Best Actress. By early 1970s standards "The Exorcist" IS a technical masterpiece, and established a benchmark for horror movies well after the film's theatrical run.
By the way ... if anyone wants to see what Ellen Burstyn was REALLY capable of, check out 1974's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" or 2000's "Requiem for a Dream." |
| Rating | | | Date | July 18, 2005 | | Summary | Powerful and Intense | Content
| This is about a riveting supernatural experience that is full of suspense with a corresponding ominous build up. Simply a classic, basically in a realm of its own. I feel the extras are fairly horrible, (I mean that in a 'good' way).
I believe that someone must comment to an extent in it's defense toward certain types of reviews that the Catholic church isn't necessarily the whole 'Christian church' as far as the majority of Protestants are concerned and drownings, burnings at the stake and inquisitional-type tortures were not meant to exorcise away demons as much as gain a confession and/or punishment. How absurd is a theme that is supposedly based on a true story, while embellished with head spinning and buckets of slime, etc., are hardly a recognised psychiatric disorder,(and not intended to give that appearance). Of course this is not the proper place for a discourse on the percieved merits, faults or even past hypocrisy of the Catholic church's practices and I DO NOT want to do a spoiler here in any way, so...just consider something rarely mentioned about this unique movie but rather contoversial at the time-
---was the exorcism successful or not?
Still gives shivers-a sheer terror! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 23, 2005 | | Summary | THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE VERSION! | Content
| Simply put, the scariest movie ever filmed. People talk about the "dated" effects, and the "impossible" story, but it's the unexplained that really can grab you.
Personally, I prefer the "on location" effects, live in front of the camera. Digital effects can be nice, but they are missing something. Those effects happened in front of the camera as you see them.
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Probably the most frightening scene in the whole movie, involved very little in the way of special effects; I'm talking about the scene where the two doctors came to the house, and the girl is having a seizure in her bedroom. That just freaks me out, it's the most horrifying thing to see - someone with no control of their body, the thrashing and flailing, and the screams for help. That is 100% believable; someone in my family went into diabetic shock in front of me once, and it scared me to death. The similarities were uncanny. This film blends the credible with the incredible, and , this many years later, it is STILL the most terrifying film ever made, along with the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
Watch it. Experience it. |
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